zip the directory, copy it, then unzip on the windows side. This might work...
Also, since this is a type 30, these files may not be needed, so when you zip the file, exclude them. George > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Anthony > Dzikiewicz > Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 3:37 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [U2] Eliminating strange characters > > > I have a weird situation that I could use some help on. > > I am trying to copy an account on a Linux testmachine to a > Winwdows PC. > The account on the testmachine is shared via Samba. The > trouble is that > there are some files that have weird files in the directories and it > stops the copying. > > For example, > There is a dictionary called D_COMMENTS. It is a type 30 > file. If you > go into that directory in Linux and list whats there you get the > following; > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] D_COMMENTS]$ ls -al > total 44 > drwxrwxrwx 2 root alperts 4096 Aug 13 2004 . > drwxrwxrwx 800 root alperts 24576 Dec 29 15:29 .. > -rwxrwxrwx 1 root alperts 2048 Aug 13 2004 ?0 > -rwxrwxrwx 1 root alperts 1024 Aug 13 2004 ?1 > -rwxrwxrwx 1 root alperts 2048 Feb 15 2005 DATA.30 > -rwxrwxrwx 1 root alperts 1024 Aug 13 2004 OVER.30 > -rwxrwxrwx 1 root alperts 0 Aug 13 2004 .Type30 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] D_COMMENTS]$ > > During the copy of the files from the testmachine to the PC, it aborts > when it hits the files that appear to be named ' ?0' and ' ?1'. Those > files are actually named 'space', 'backspace', '0', and '1' or > CHAR(32):CHAR(8):CHAR(48), and CHAR(49). I don't know how they are > getting there, but I suspect something funky going on during sombodies > ftp copy. > > Anyway, how can I do a search for these 'goofy' files, so that I can > find them all and delete them all at once ? > > Anthony > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
